Every year, at the beginning of the year, I send out 'quotable quotes' that I've either heard or read during the previous year. These are the quotes from 2013. You may have heard some of them but, I'm sure, not all of them. Hope you enjoy.
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On February 14, 1963, I took an oath when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. The same oath that all members of the military and National Guard, police and elected government officials take in one way or another. When I was discharged, I was never informed that that oath didn't apply anymore. I've never heard of it not applying anymore to any that have taken that oath during or after they no longer were engaged in the work that led them to taking it. The only way it could ever not apply anymore is if the person who took it refuses to adhere to it.
That oath was not to any one man or woman, but to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I would bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I took the obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; and that I would well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I was about to enter; So help me God.
When I left the military, I only left to take on another office, that of a civilian, a patriotic American citizen. I have never renounced that oath and never will. Any who attempt to force me to renounce it will be separated from the double-helix. - CAH
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"Treat all guns as if they are loaded. The only true safety on a firearm is the one between your ears. Never pull a gun unless you are prepared to pull the trigger. Know what is behind your target. These are by no means the only rules of gun safety, but they are repeated over and over by anyone who knows anything about firearms to novices and old-timers alike. In the heat of battle, though, they can be forgotten by even the most skilled and combat-hardened veteran." - David C. Waldron "Dark Grid"
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"Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow - if tomorrow might improve the odds." - Heinlein, Robert
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"Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out." - New motto of Front Page Magazine
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“Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” - Marine General James Mattis to his Marines in Iraq
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“When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.” – Thomas Paine
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“Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat (and hesitation and timidity) brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.” –Ernest Hemingway
(And for those of you who say, "What war?", remember the U.S.S Cole, 9/11, Boston, Benghazi and all those other terrorist attacks that have been launched against America and Americans around the world. WE ARE AT WAR!!!)
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“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.” – Thomas Sowell
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"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe ." - Thomas Jefferson
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"I've never known anyone who survived the experience of raising teenagers who were able to remain a Libertarian" - Rich Carlgard
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"Audace, l'audace, toujours audace" ("Audacity, audacity, always audacity.”) - Danton, of the French Revolution, though some credit Frederick The II
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"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." - Thomas Jefferson
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Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain
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"The Art of War teaches us to rely, not upon the calculated likelihood of the enemy's coming or not, but on our own readiness to receive him... no matter what he does." Sun Tzu
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"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world." - Thomas Jefferson
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In order to have peace both sides must want it equally. One side cannot make peace; they can only surrender. There are hundreds of cases in history where one side had agreed to lay down their arms if allowed to leave peacefully. In every case known, the ones who surrendered their arms were promptly massacred. - Ward McQueen
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"Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair." - Jeff Cooper
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"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." - G. K. Chesterton
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"The only criminal class in America is Congress." - Mark Twain
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"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson
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"Workers will only be loyal to management if management is loyal to workers. Loyalty, as well as respect, must be earned - not demanded or expected." - CAH
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"The more you read and learn, the less your adversary will know." - Sun Tzu
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"Tobacco, beef, BBQ, fried foods, sugared drinks and everything else that makes life worth living; I'm firmly convinced avoiding these pleasures does not increase your life span, it just makes it seem like it." - colt45.
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"The phrase is "Always faithful." It isn't "Sometimes Faithful." Nor is it "Usually Faithful," but Always. It is not negotiable. It is not relative, but absolute. Who is always faithful, though. and to what, exactly are they faithful? Interestingly, the simplicity of the phrase and the calculated neglect to specify its parameters seems to strengthen it. Marines pride themselves on their straightforward mission and steadfast dedication to accomplish it. Things do not need to be spelled out for them; they know what it means and what to do about it." - Sergeant Major Benjamin Blaine, USMC Ret.
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"I am a Licensed Gene Pool Lifeguard. I have a Concealed Weapons Permit." - CAH
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"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." - Thomas Jefferson
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"If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles." - Sun Tzu — The Art of War
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"When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are, by necessity, diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason." - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Psychologist
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"If you can't feel accountable to someone in your life, or to your God, then you need to develop accountability to yourself. You need to look at yourself in the mirror every morning and say, 'I was a good person yesterday, ' and if you can't say that, then find the person you behaved badly toward and make amends. You need to love yourself as much as others love you. Do the same with your private life that you would with your public life. Admit your mistakes, apologize to yourself and others, and accept forgiveness." - Tuan Nguyen
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"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." - Thomas Jefferson
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"The way things are going, there will be a day in the not too distant future when 'Civilization' as we know it will collapse. When that happens, every outlaw, and even decent people are going to go crazy. They are going to go crazy because everything has changed now. Food is not going to be delivered to stores, and people are going to get hungry. When people get hungry, they will stop obeying the laws we lived by until today. They will become killers and worse. They will lose the values that make an orderly society. The very things that make it possible to have large cities and a population that doesn't have to grow its own food. If they, the ones who revert to savagery get these guns, then they may make it impossible to rebuild into a civilization having the ability to grow food in one place and transport it to another. That is just one of the things we are going to have to guard against. We will also have to guard against animals who will revert to their wild state. Dogs will become something to fear because instead of being providers of the food made in huge factories, we will become the food they will eat to survive. Because man without the capacity to build weapons with which to defend himself will become the prey of any animal who is faster, stronger or just hungrier. " - Dr. T. D'Manne, "The Coming Night"
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"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson
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"Unending hardships shall come to pass,
As we enter a land of trees and grass.
We will build our homes with love assured,
Yet never forget the troubles endured.
We are the first, but there will be more,
People with dreams of that distant shore.
They will look with awe at the road we dared,
And say we had courage, more than our share."
T. J. Hanson, "Oregon Country"
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"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value." - Thomas Paine
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"We live today; maybe we will die tomorrow. We don't stop living just because the knife is at our throats. Cowards do that and, as they say, cowards spend their lives dying." - Quiyo
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"When he was speaking of our going into space, John F. Kennedy said, 'We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard'. We've lost that." - Charles Krauthamer.
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"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." - Thomas Jefferson
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"Some people are like clouds: once they're gone, it's a beautiful day." - Bill Moore (MNPD Ret.)
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“Keep a government poor and weak and it’s your servant; let it get rich and powerful and it’s your master." - H. Beam Piper
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There are times when you have been, or will be, involved in a political discussion with a Liberal. If so, remember the words of Thomas Paine, one of our Founding Fathers: "To argue with those who have renounced the use and authority of reason is as futile as to administer medicine to the dead."
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The first rule of life: No matter how smart we think we are, we really don’t know squat about most of what goes on in this world. It’s a lesson a lot of people never learn. - Hoyt Wring
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"Life is about making mistakes. Death is about wishing you had made a lot more." - Milo Boyd
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"There is no problem in the world that cannot be solved with the proper use of explosives" - Ted Pope
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"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." - Thomas Jefferson
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"What we are seeing today, is the weaponization of government" - Katherine Englebrecht (Testifying before Congress on the abuses of the IRS and other agencies in 2014)
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"Always remember, age itself does not make you a man. The things that you do every day of your life, tells if you are a real man." - Fighting Hawk (Cheyenne Chief, 1848)
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Remember Two Things:
1. Boots, Beans and Bullets, My Friends. Boots, Beans and Bullets
2. Molon Labé! (If you aren't up on your Ancient Greek History, look it up.)
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Quotes From 2012
Every year, at the beginning of the year, I send out 'quotable quotes' that
I've either heard or read during the previous year. I'm a little late this
year - Sorry. These are the quotes from 2012. You may have heard some of
them but, I'm sure, not all of them. Hope you enjoy.
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"It is easier to build strong children, than to repair broken men." -
Fredrick Douglas
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“The only purpose of a government is to protect a man’s rights, which
means: To protect him from physical violence. A proper government is
only a policeman, an agent of man’s self-defense, and, as such, may resort
to force only against those who start the use of force. The only proper
functions of a government are: The police, to protect you from criminals;
the army, to protect you from foreign invaders; and the courts, to protect
your property and contracts from breach or fraud from others, to settle
disputes by rational rules, according to objective laws.” - John Galt in
Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged (1957)
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"Do not be fooled by a belief that progressives, leftists hate guns. Oh, no,
they do not. What they hate is guns in the hands of those who are not
marching in lock step of their ideology. They hate guns in the hands of
those who think for themselves and do not obey without question. They
hate guns in those whom they have slated for a barrel to the back of the
ear." - A recent article in the Russian Newspaper, "Pravda".
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"There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man’s needs
and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of
wealth; this is the economic means. The other is the uncompensated
appropriation of wealth produced by others; this is the political means”
(which, by its very nature, is not satisfactory at all). - Albert Jay Nock
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“A nation is the more prosperous today the less it has tried to put
obstacles in the way of the spirit of free enterprise and private initiative.
The people of the United States are more prosperous than the inhabitants
of all other countries because their government embarked later than the
governments in other parts of the world upon the policy of obstructing
business.” - Ludwig von Mises,
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“We are steadily asked about the age at which to teach young people to
shoot. The answer to this obviously depends upon the particular
individual; not only his physical maturity but his desire. Apart from these
considerations, however, I think it important to understand that it is the
duty of the father to teach the son (or daughter) to shoot. Before the
young leave home, there are certain things they should know and certain
skills they should acquire, apart from any state-sponsored activity.
Certainly the youngster should be taught to swim, strongly and safely, at
distance. And young people of either sex should be taught to drive a
motor vehicle, and if at all possible, how to fly a light airplane. I believe a
youngster should be taught the rudiments of hand-to-hand combat,
unarmed, together with basic survival skills. The list is long, but it is a
parent’s duty to make sure that the child does not go forth into the world
helpless in the face of its perils. Shooting, of course, is our business, and
shooting should not be left up to the state.” - Colonel Jeff Cooper
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“There exists a law, not written down anywhere, but inborn in our hearts,
a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading, a law
which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by
instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays down
that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or
enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.” -
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106– 43 BC)
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“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” - Mao Tse-tung
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“Believe in your cause. The stronger your belief, the stronger your
motivation and perseverance will be. You must know it in your heart that
it is a worthwhile cause and that you are fighting the good fight. Whether
it is the need to contribute or the belief in a greater good, for your buddy,
for the team or for your country, find a reason that keeps your fire
burning. You will need this fire when the times get tough. It will help you
through when you are physically exhausted and mentally broken and you
can only see far enough to take the next step.” - Master Sergeant Paul R.
Howe, U.S. Army (Retired)
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“It is an uphill struggle, but I wish that we could distinguish more
carefully between freedom and liberty. These conditions are not the same,
though they are certainly related. Freedom is the absence of restraint— a
physical circumstance. Liberty, on the other hand, is a political situation
denoting the lawful capability of the citizen to defend himself and his
near and dear without interference from the state. Note that the
Declaration of Independence forcibly and particularly establishes the
blessings of liberty upon ourselves and our posterity. I like to carry a
pocket copy of the Declaration, plus the Constitution, in my travels. It is a
good thing to have in hand when discussions arise.” - The late Colonel
Jeff Cooper
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There are some politicians, on both sides and including President
Obama, who believe a One-World Government should be achieved. -
"With many competing governments, there is always somewhere to flee if
one system becomes too repressive. Power corrupts. A one-world
government would place that much greater power into the hands of the
person or the clique ruling it. There would be no competing system to
oppose him or the clique. World peace is an illusion. Most militaries are
used to kill their own people, to preserve those in power, and to repress
those who are out of power. If there was a one-world government, there is
no doubt those in power would use the military or the police to repress
those they disliked. The political theorists always seem to think that
bigger governments or organizations are better. I disagree completely, by
the way. Smaller countries and governments are often better for the
average citizen." - Anna Chin, CIA Analyst
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Although I am often fairly moved by patriotic rhetoric, I have always
been generally unmoved by that which is political or religious. Some odd
turn of my mind seems to examine every phrase for hidden motivations
and meanings. - CAH
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"The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a
living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living." --
Anonymous
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Ode of Remembrance
“They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary
them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember
them.”
Max Velocity. "Patriot Dawn: The Resistance Rises"
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"Political Correctness is an idiosyncratic belief, fostered by a delusional,
illogical minority, and rabidly ballyhooed by an unscrupulous
mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely
possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." - Anonymous (NOTE: I once
was required to be PC to avoid conflict while I was on the job. It took me
a while to break the habit after I retired. I'm calmer and healthier now.)
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"Looks are only skin deep, but stupid goes all the way to the bone." -
Chessley Grogah (cmsix)
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I like intelligent people. I like intelligent people who are also smart even
more. As I grow older, I find that I have no time to waste on intelligent
people who do stupid and foolish things. - CAH
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I wonder if freedom of speech is such a good thing if it lets people who
are trying to agitate and trying to change things for their advantage
should have free use of it. Freedom of speech is wonderful in a mature
society and civilization, but in truth almost no one likes it. Many would
claim it was wonderful and then would be disgusted by way it is used by
others. " - John Argent
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I've either heard or read during the previous year. I'm a little late this
year - Sorry. These are the quotes from 2012. You may have heard some of
them but, I'm sure, not all of them. Hope you enjoy.
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"It is easier to build strong children, than to repair broken men." -
Fredrick Douglas
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“The only purpose of a government is to protect a man’s rights, which
means: To protect him from physical violence. A proper government is
only a policeman, an agent of man’s self-defense, and, as such, may resort
to force only against those who start the use of force. The only proper
functions of a government are: The police, to protect you from criminals;
the army, to protect you from foreign invaders; and the courts, to protect
your property and contracts from breach or fraud from others, to settle
disputes by rational rules, according to objective laws.” - John Galt in
Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged (1957)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Do not be fooled by a belief that progressives, leftists hate guns. Oh, no,
they do not. What they hate is guns in the hands of those who are not
marching in lock step of their ideology. They hate guns in the hands of
those who think for themselves and do not obey without question. They
hate guns in those whom they have slated for a barrel to the back of the
ear." - A recent article in the Russian Newspaper, "Pravda".
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man’s needs
and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of
wealth; this is the economic means. The other is the uncompensated
appropriation of wealth produced by others; this is the political means”
(which, by its very nature, is not satisfactory at all). - Albert Jay Nock
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“A nation is the more prosperous today the less it has tried to put
obstacles in the way of the spirit of free enterprise and private initiative.
The people of the United States are more prosperous than the inhabitants
of all other countries because their government embarked later than the
governments in other parts of the world upon the policy of obstructing
business.” - Ludwig von Mises,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“We are steadily asked about the age at which to teach young people to
shoot. The answer to this obviously depends upon the particular
individual; not only his physical maturity but his desire. Apart from these
considerations, however, I think it important to understand that it is the
duty of the father to teach the son (or daughter) to shoot. Before the
young leave home, there are certain things they should know and certain
skills they should acquire, apart from any state-sponsored activity.
Certainly the youngster should be taught to swim, strongly and safely, at
distance. And young people of either sex should be taught to drive a
motor vehicle, and if at all possible, how to fly a light airplane. I believe a
youngster should be taught the rudiments of hand-to-hand combat,
unarmed, together with basic survival skills. The list is long, but it is a
parent’s duty to make sure that the child does not go forth into the world
helpless in the face of its perils. Shooting, of course, is our business, and
shooting should not be left up to the state.” - Colonel Jeff Cooper
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“There exists a law, not written down anywhere, but inborn in our hearts,
a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading, a law
which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by
instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays down
that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or
enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.” -
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106– 43 BC)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” - Mao Tse-tung
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Believe in your cause. The stronger your belief, the stronger your
motivation and perseverance will be. You must know it in your heart that
it is a worthwhile cause and that you are fighting the good fight. Whether
it is the need to contribute or the belief in a greater good, for your buddy,
for the team or for your country, find a reason that keeps your fire
burning. You will need this fire when the times get tough. It will help you
through when you are physically exhausted and mentally broken and you
can only see far enough to take the next step.” - Master Sergeant Paul R.
Howe, U.S. Army (Retired)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“It is an uphill struggle, but I wish that we could distinguish more
carefully between freedom and liberty. These conditions are not the same,
though they are certainly related. Freedom is the absence of restraint— a
physical circumstance. Liberty, on the other hand, is a political situation
denoting the lawful capability of the citizen to defend himself and his
near and dear without interference from the state. Note that the
Declaration of Independence forcibly and particularly establishes the
blessings of liberty upon ourselves and our posterity. I like to carry a
pocket copy of the Declaration, plus the Constitution, in my travels. It is a
good thing to have in hand when discussions arise.” - The late Colonel
Jeff Cooper
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are some politicians, on both sides and including President
Obama, who believe a One-World Government should be achieved. -
"With many competing governments, there is always somewhere to flee if
one system becomes too repressive. Power corrupts. A one-world
government would place that much greater power into the hands of the
person or the clique ruling it. There would be no competing system to
oppose him or the clique. World peace is an illusion. Most militaries are
used to kill their own people, to preserve those in power, and to repress
those who are out of power. If there was a one-world government, there is
no doubt those in power would use the military or the police to repress
those they disliked. The political theorists always seem to think that
bigger governments or organizations are better. I disagree completely, by
the way. Smaller countries and governments are often better for the
average citizen." - Anna Chin, CIA Analyst
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Although I am often fairly moved by patriotic rhetoric, I have always
been generally unmoved by that which is political or religious. Some odd
turn of my mind seems to examine every phrase for hidden motivations
and meanings. - CAH
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a
living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living." --
Anonymous
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ode of Remembrance
“They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary
them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember
them.”
Max Velocity. "Patriot Dawn: The Resistance Rises"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Political Correctness is an idiosyncratic belief, fostered by a delusional,
illogical minority, and rabidly ballyhooed by an unscrupulous
mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely
possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." - Anonymous (NOTE: I once
was required to be PC to avoid conflict while I was on the job. It took me
a while to break the habit after I retired. I'm calmer and healthier now.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Looks are only skin deep, but stupid goes all the way to the bone." -
Chessley Grogah (cmsix)
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I like intelligent people. I like intelligent people who are also smart even
more. As I grow older, I find that I have no time to waste on intelligent
people who do stupid and foolish things. - CAH
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I wonder if freedom of speech is such a good thing if it lets people who
are trying to agitate and trying to change things for their advantage
should have free use of it. Freedom of speech is wonderful in a mature
society and civilization, but in truth almost no one likes it. Many would
claim it was wonderful and then would be disgusted by way it is used by
others. " - John Argent
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Quotes From 2011
Every year, at the beginning of the year, I send out 'quotable quotes' that I've either heard or read during the previous year. These are the quotes from 2011. You may have heard some of them but, I'm sure, not all of them. Hope you enjoy.
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"You cannot get the water to clear up until you get the pigs out of the creek." - Forwarded by Dr. J. Hitron
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"If we outlaw crossbows in our public schools, who's going to protect our children from charging elk?" - Ted Nugent on "The Simpsons"
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"Thomas Jefferson believed the failure to include term limits in the Constitution was a fatal error. He predicted another bloody revolution would be necessary to regain the individual rights lost to the power-loving politicians who would, over time, increase their power at the cost of our liberty. Jefferson could not have foreseen that the federal government would today be capable of tracking our every move and communication. Neither could he foresee the unimaginable instruments of destruction that this government, and the interest groups that control it, would willingly use to maintain power." - Professor T.J. Stewart, Economics History, Tufts University.
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"In the history of mankind, this is the only nation to be founded on the supremacy of the individual over government—his right to own himself and make of his life what he wanted. Not what the tribe, the chief, the king or even the United States government wanted of him. And not what society wanted of him, but what he wanted of himself. That has been turned on its head. Now as individuals we live in fear of society, because it’s controlled by Congress. In the political fight to gain and keep the enormous power of Congress, the contenders of both parties have divided you into constituent groups. They promise to take the money or property of one group and give it to the other; or force the values of one onto the other. In such a system you own nothing they cannot take in the name of society for the greater good.” - Marcus Ray
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"What is love? 'Love’ is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” - Jubal Harshaw, LL.B, M.D., Sc.D.
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"Good intentions will be pleaded for every assumption of authority. The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions." - Daniel Webster
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"Life is not a rehearsal. It's the real and final deal. The cost of living may be high but it sure beats the alternative." - Lt. Col. E. J. Rickabee, USMC
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“There’s two kinds of people in the world, son, those who wish and those who will. The wishers wish to be rich, they wish to be famous, they wish to own a farm or a fine house or whatever. The ones who will, they don’t wish, they start out and do it. They become what they want to be or get what they want. They will it.” - Orrin Sackett, "Lonely on the Mountain" - Louis L'Amour
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"The true test of somebody else’s intelligence is how closely he agrees with you." - W.E.B. Griffin
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"Having a share of that streak of anarchy, which is the birthright of every American, is the foundation of a sound attitude to tweak the noses of those who put themselves above the citizenry. Just having it, and recognizing it, will fill you with a sharper zest than you have ever felt before." - Jubal E. Harshaw, LL.B, M.D., Sc.D.
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"Celibacy is the most unusual of all the perversions.” - Oscar Wilde
"Right up there with monogamy" - CAH
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"Monogamy is a perversion. A man should be able to have as many wives as he can provide for as long as he provides for their mothers and any children too." - CAH
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"A desire not to butt into other people’s business is eighty percent of all human wisdom. But that said, never be afraid to express your opinion. Certain feet were made for stepping on, in order to improve the breed, promote the general welfare, and minimize the ancient insolence of office." - Jubal Harshaw, LL.B, M.D., Sc.D.
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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C. S. Lewis
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"Secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy . . . censorship. When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, “This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,” the end result is tyranny and oppression." - Robert A. Heinlein
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T'other day, a local preacher stopped by where a group of us have coffee and started extolling the benefits of attending his church. Well, we sat there a bit listening to him until finally I told him to stop, that we all had our own beliefs and didn't care to join his church.
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"If we outlaw crossbows in our public schools, who's going to protect our children from charging elk?" - Ted Nugent on "The Simpsons"
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"Thomas Jefferson believed the failure to include term limits in the Constitution was a fatal error. He predicted another bloody revolution would be necessary to regain the individual rights lost to the power-loving politicians who would, over time, increase their power at the cost of our liberty. Jefferson could not have foreseen that the federal government would today be capable of tracking our every move and communication. Neither could he foresee the unimaginable instruments of destruction that this government, and the interest groups that control it, would willingly use to maintain power." - Professor T.J. Stewart, Economics History, Tufts University.
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"In the history of mankind, this is the only nation to be founded on the supremacy of the individual over government—his right to own himself and make of his life what he wanted. Not what the tribe, the chief, the king or even the United States government wanted of him. And not what society wanted of him, but what he wanted of himself. That has been turned on its head. Now as individuals we live in fear of society, because it’s controlled by Congress. In the political fight to gain and keep the enormous power of Congress, the contenders of both parties have divided you into constituent groups. They promise to take the money or property of one group and give it to the other; or force the values of one onto the other. In such a system you own nothing they cannot take in the name of society for the greater good.” - Marcus Ray
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"What is love? 'Love’ is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” - Jubal Harshaw, LL.B, M.D., Sc.D.
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"Good intentions will be pleaded for every assumption of authority. The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions." - Daniel Webster
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"Life is not a rehearsal. It's the real and final deal. The cost of living may be high but it sure beats the alternative." - Lt. Col. E. J. Rickabee, USMC
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“There’s two kinds of people in the world, son, those who wish and those who will. The wishers wish to be rich, they wish to be famous, they wish to own a farm or a fine house or whatever. The ones who will, they don’t wish, they start out and do it. They become what they want to be or get what they want. They will it.” - Orrin Sackett, "Lonely on the Mountain" - Louis L'Amour
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"The true test of somebody else’s intelligence is how closely he agrees with you." - W.E.B. Griffin
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"Having a share of that streak of anarchy, which is the birthright of every American, is the foundation of a sound attitude to tweak the noses of those who put themselves above the citizenry. Just having it, and recognizing it, will fill you with a sharper zest than you have ever felt before." - Jubal E. Harshaw, LL.B, M.D., Sc.D.
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"Celibacy is the most unusual of all the perversions.” - Oscar Wilde
"Right up there with monogamy" - CAH
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"Monogamy is a perversion. A man should be able to have as many wives as he can provide for as long as he provides for their mothers and any children too." - CAH
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"A desire not to butt into other people’s business is eighty percent of all human wisdom. But that said, never be afraid to express your opinion. Certain feet were made for stepping on, in order to improve the breed, promote the general welfare, and minimize the ancient insolence of office." - Jubal Harshaw, LL.B, M.D., Sc.D.
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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C. S. Lewis
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"Secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy . . . censorship. When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, “This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,” the end result is tyranny and oppression." - Robert A. Heinlein
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T'other day, a local preacher stopped by where a group of us have coffee and started extolling the benefits of attending his church. Well, we sat there a bit listening to him until finally I told him to stop, that we all had our own beliefs and didn't care to join his church.
Son, you should'a seen him get all purple in the face and blow up full of air getting ready to explode, it looked like. His whole body was shaking as he pointed his finger at me and said, "I rebuke you! You will spend Eternity in Hell."
Well, I just told him, "Preacher, I've been headed to Hell a couple of times already. The first time Ol' Satan came and picked me up, threw me over his shoulder and started off to his house. I started kickin' and screamin' and fightin' and cussin' so much that he put me down to get a better grip. Well, sir, I up and kicked him in the nuts and spit in his eye.
Satan looked at me and said, "You! You're too much trouble. Get thee away from me!" Well I took him at his word and got.
A few years later, things happened and I found myself on that boat, crossing the River Styx. Mr. Satan was a-lookin' out, I guess, and saw me on the boat. He sounded General Quarters, ran up the Repell Boarders flag and started throwing fireballs and lighting bolts at us.
Ol' Charon, the guy who was rowing the boat, was just a duckin' and a-weavin' trying not to get hit by them bolts and balls. I just reached up and caught them and threw them back at that dirty ol' man while he was a shakin' his fist at us and telling us to never come back."
That preacher man looked at me and when I looked him in the eye and said, "True story. Do I need to tell you again to git?", why he got all wide-eyed and sputterin' with spittle flying from his mouth, turned about three shades of white, spun around and left, walkin' real quick like, like a fat ole possum, wipin' his forehead with his kerchief.
The rest of us just went back to drinkin' our coffee and discussing the ills of the world - CAH
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"You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic. It doesn’t have to be a prejudice about an important matter either." - Zebadiah Jones
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THE TOAST OF MORGAN'S MEN
By Captain Thorpe, Kentucky, C.S.A.
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"You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic. It doesn’t have to be a prejudice about an important matter either." - Zebadiah Jones
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THE TOAST OF MORGAN'S MEN
By Captain Thorpe, Kentucky, C.S.A.
Unclaimed by the land that bore us,
Lost in the land, we find
The brave have gone before us;
Cowards are left behind.
Then stand to your glasses, steady;
Here's a health to those we prize.
Here's a toast to the dead already,
And here's to the next who dies.
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“It has been my experience, that if you don’t know what to think, it is best to think some more, and if you don’t know what to say, it is best to say nothing.” - Wilhelm F. Canaris, General-Admiral of the Abwehr (the German military intelligence service) and played an imminent role in Operation Valkyrie - the plot to kill Hitler.
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"No, I wouldnt want to be President. We've had enough boobs in the White House." - Dolly Parton
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"Sex is the one subject everybody lies about. Unless you are a politician. Then it's sex and everything else." - CAH
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“The only difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” Albert Einstein
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A fuel and his money are soon parted..." - A local boat owner
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“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves…freely, his sly whispers…heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims...he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.” Cicero
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It is the way of fools to destroy that which could save them. That which they do not understand. The well of learning is one that never ceases to flow and we have only to drink of its waters. And in learning, a door is opened . . . a door that can never again be closed. - Tatton Chantry
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An Irishman, captive of the French, was asked to describe the home he was driven from by the English. Would that I could speak, or write, such. At the least, I can recognize and picture such beauty in my mind.
Lost in the land, we find
The brave have gone before us;
Cowards are left behind.
Then stand to your glasses, steady;
Here's a health to those we prize.
Here's a toast to the dead already,
And here's to the next who dies.
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“It has been my experience, that if you don’t know what to think, it is best to think some more, and if you don’t know what to say, it is best to say nothing.” - Wilhelm F. Canaris, General-Admiral of the Abwehr (the German military intelligence service) and played an imminent role in Operation Valkyrie - the plot to kill Hitler.
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"No, I wouldnt want to be President. We've had enough boobs in the White House." - Dolly Parton
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"Sex is the one subject everybody lies about. Unless you are a politician. Then it's sex and everything else." - CAH
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“The only difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” Albert Einstein
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A fuel and his money are soon parted..." - A local boat owner
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“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves…freely, his sly whispers…heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims...he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.” Cicero
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It is the way of fools to destroy that which could save them. That which they do not understand. The well of learning is one that never ceases to flow and we have only to drink of its waters. And in learning, a door is opened . . . a door that can never again be closed. - Tatton Chantry
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An Irishman, captive of the French, was asked to describe the home he was driven from by the English. Would that I could speak, or write, such. At the least, I can recognize and picture such beauty in my mind.
He said, “It is a green place, sire, green among a chaos of granite, bold hills and great boulders leaning, moss growing at their feet. The forests that once covered Ireland are gone, but the land holds a memory of them, as all the rocks there have a memory of the sea that once washed upon them and hollowed and polished. The walls of my home were gray granite, and the beams and panels of oak. There was little furniture but what there was, was also of oak. And at the door a stream ran past, swiftly it ran, hurrying down the steep rocks to fall over a cliff and into the sea. There is a cove there, almost landlocked, where a man can have a boat. And there is the sea beyond, with fish awaiting. And the sound of the sea snarling and growling among the worn rocks. Sheep graze there, and there is a garden sometimes, and paths by which to walk the hills in the morning mist or evening shadow. There are far moors to gallop over on our fine Irish horses or the wild ponies of the moors. It is a place to live and love in, sire, and I would go back there and abide, nor ever come away again.” - L'Amour, Louis (2005-03-29). "Fair Blows the Wind" Random House, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
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"In the VA Hospital. In the company of the Old Lions. His time has arrived. Any hour now he will move to the drums one last time as we hear the mournful notes of 'Taps'." A son speaks of his veteran father.
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Time marches on. Eventually it marches right across your face. - Megyn Kelly, Fox News
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"New Yorkers like to boast that if you can survive in New York, you can survive anywhere. But if you can survive anywhere, why live in New York?" - Edward Abbey, A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
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“I repeat the words of the signers of the Declaration of Independence— that little band of patriots, fighting long ago against overwhelming odds, but certain, as we are, of ultimate victory: ‘With a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.’” - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, early 1941, in an address to the nation from the White House. It was a proclamation that an unlimited national emergency existed, and required the strengthening of our defenses to the extreme limit of our national power and authority. America had not yet entered the war.
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"Democracy satisfies best the human thirst for freedom; yet, being undisciplined, turbulent, and luxury-seeking, it falls time and again to austere single-minded despotism." - Thucydides
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"If you win, say nothing. If you lose, say less." - Paul Brown
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"Instead of waiting for someone to give you a job, get out and do what you love. Our education system system teaches our children to sit at a desk, in rows, for 12 years and then gives them a promotion at the end of each year if they have followed directions. They are not taught TO DO anymore." - A Commentator on Fox News
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Our Constitution gives power to the people over the individual states and ultimately the government. Not the other way around. The bigger the government, the more the probability of a hatred of the masses will grow. The leaders must beware the reactions of the people. So, as Lucius Addius once said, "let them hate, so long as they fear".
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“The people of the United States are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” — Abraham Lincoln
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“Weapons compound man’s power to achieve; they amplify the capabilities of both the good man and the bad, and to exactly the same degree, having no will of their own. Thus we must regard them as servants, not masters— and good servants to good men. Without them, man is diminished, and his opportunities to fulfill his destiny are lessened. An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.” —Col. Jeff Cooper
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“A pistol defends your property and your person from unanticipated and barely anticipated threats from thieves and robbers. With it, you can control your immediate environment. A rifle defends your freedom from oppressors and tyrants. With it, you can enforce your will.” - Gabe Suarez
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“One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” - Thomas Sowell
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“The government turns every contingency into an excuse for enhancing power in itself.” - John Adams
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“To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mind-set to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic.” - Ted Nugent
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“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution; for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.” —Daniel Webster
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Simo Häyhä was quoted as saying, ‘When you are shooting at wild game, never shoot from two hundred meters when you can shoot from twenty meters. But when you are in combat, never shoot from one hundred meters when you can shoot from three hundred meters. You’ll live longer.”
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"We are being inundated with the term "Fiscal Cliff". There are a few who believe it will blow over, but it won't. At best it will be postponed for a short period. The 'Critters' in Washington, on both sides, brag that they are "beating the deficit" but know that they are only fooling you by moving increasingly large portions of federal funding "off budget". They tout the "Cuts" they are making but they are only cutting back on what FUTURE spending they want to do. Those cuts won't even pay for the interest that is accumulating on what we've borrowed to spend on growing the government to this point. They have no concept of "Zero Budgeting". The doctrine of starting out with what your debts currently are, casting idealism to the side and cutting to the bare-bones what you logically can, and then finding the revenue to fund what's left is foreign to them. If that is not done, we WILL go over the cliff and it is a long way to the bottom. Any money you have will be worthless so the only thing to do is get out of dollars and into canned goods right away." - James Wesley Rawles
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Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
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"In the VA Hospital. In the company of the Old Lions. His time has arrived. Any hour now he will move to the drums one last time as we hear the mournful notes of 'Taps'." A son speaks of his veteran father.
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Time marches on. Eventually it marches right across your face. - Megyn Kelly, Fox News
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"New Yorkers like to boast that if you can survive in New York, you can survive anywhere. But if you can survive anywhere, why live in New York?" - Edward Abbey, A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“I repeat the words of the signers of the Declaration of Independence— that little band of patriots, fighting long ago against overwhelming odds, but certain, as we are, of ultimate victory: ‘With a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.’” - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, early 1941, in an address to the nation from the White House. It was a proclamation that an unlimited national emergency existed, and required the strengthening of our defenses to the extreme limit of our national power and authority. America had not yet entered the war.
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"Democracy satisfies best the human thirst for freedom; yet, being undisciplined, turbulent, and luxury-seeking, it falls time and again to austere single-minded despotism." - Thucydides
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"If you win, say nothing. If you lose, say less." - Paul Brown
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"Instead of waiting for someone to give you a job, get out and do what you love. Our education system system teaches our children to sit at a desk, in rows, for 12 years and then gives them a promotion at the end of each year if they have followed directions. They are not taught TO DO anymore." - A Commentator on Fox News
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Our Constitution gives power to the people over the individual states and ultimately the government. Not the other way around. The bigger the government, the more the probability of a hatred of the masses will grow. The leaders must beware the reactions of the people. So, as Lucius Addius once said, "let them hate, so long as they fear".
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“The people of the United States are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” — Abraham Lincoln
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Weapons compound man’s power to achieve; they amplify the capabilities of both the good man and the bad, and to exactly the same degree, having no will of their own. Thus we must regard them as servants, not masters— and good servants to good men. Without them, man is diminished, and his opportunities to fulfill his destiny are lessened. An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.” —Col. Jeff Cooper
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“A pistol defends your property and your person from unanticipated and barely anticipated threats from thieves and robbers. With it, you can control your immediate environment. A rifle defends your freedom from oppressors and tyrants. With it, you can enforce your will.” - Gabe Suarez
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” - Thomas Sowell
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“The government turns every contingency into an excuse for enhancing power in itself.” - John Adams
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mind-set to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic.” - Ted Nugent
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution; for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.” —Daniel Webster
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Simo Häyhä was quoted as saying, ‘When you are shooting at wild game, never shoot from two hundred meters when you can shoot from twenty meters. But when you are in combat, never shoot from one hundred meters when you can shoot from three hundred meters. You’ll live longer.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"We are being inundated with the term "Fiscal Cliff". There are a few who believe it will blow over, but it won't. At best it will be postponed for a short period. The 'Critters' in Washington, on both sides, brag that they are "beating the deficit" but know that they are only fooling you by moving increasingly large portions of federal funding "off budget". They tout the "Cuts" they are making but they are only cutting back on what FUTURE spending they want to do. Those cuts won't even pay for the interest that is accumulating on what we've borrowed to spend on growing the government to this point. They have no concept of "Zero Budgeting". The doctrine of starting out with what your debts currently are, casting idealism to the side and cutting to the bare-bones what you logically can, and then finding the revenue to fund what's left is foreign to them. If that is not done, we WILL go over the cliff and it is a long way to the bottom. Any money you have will be worthless so the only thing to do is get out of dollars and into canned goods right away." - James Wesley Rawles
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Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
But he grew old-
This knight so bold-
And o’er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado
This knight so bold-
And o’er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado
And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow-
”Shadow,” said he
”Where can it be-
This land of Eldorado?”
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow-
”Shadow,” said he
”Where can it be-
This land of Eldorado?”
"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied-
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied-
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
- Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the April 21, 1849 issue of The Flag of Our Union. Recited by James Caan in the John Wayne movie "Eldorado".
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Robert A. Heinlein once wrote, ‘An honest politician is one that stays bought.’ Unfortunately, there are no such critters in Washington. - CAH
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Robert A. Heinlein once wrote, ‘An honest politician is one that stays bought.’ Unfortunately, there are no such critters in Washington. - CAH
Thursday, May 17, 2012
An Old Lion
I had a friend that I met in a political forum on the internet. Not the usual kind of friend that you meet face to face, but one kinda like the 'Pen Pals' of the olden times when I was young(er). Anyway, Pegwin, a derivation of his real name, and I became friends and kept up sporadic, occasional email contact.
Another friend I met on the same forum, 45ACP, whom I've also kept in contact with, sent me something about Phil (Pegwin) that he saw on Facebook. Knowing that I don't do Facebook, 45 was kind enough to forward it to me.
Phil was a retired Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant. Highly held in respect by his brothers in arms as well as any who were fortunate to meet him. Either his son or his daughter, both Marine Corps Officers, posted the following to Facebook.
"In the VA Hospital. In the company of the Old Lions. My dads time has arrived. Any hour now he will move to the drums one last time."
The final posting to Phil's Facebook page, fittingly, was only the one word, "Taps".
Another friend I met on the same forum, 45ACP, whom I've also kept in contact with, sent me something about Phil (Pegwin) that he saw on Facebook. Knowing that I don't do Facebook, 45 was kind enough to forward it to me.
Phil was a retired Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant. Highly held in respect by his brothers in arms as well as any who were fortunate to meet him. Either his son or his daughter, both Marine Corps Officers, posted the following to Facebook.
"In the VA Hospital. In the company of the Old Lions. My dads time has arrived. Any hour now he will move to the drums one last time."
The final posting to Phil's Facebook page, fittingly, was only the one word, "Taps".
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Abortion
I, for one, consider it to be arrogant to the extreme to even contemplate me telling another person what they can or can not do to their own bodies.
At conception, the zygote is nothing but a parasite that feeds from the host. It should be up to only the host as to what course of action should be taken.
If I were asked to go beyond that and give a specific answer as to whether a woman should have an abortion or not, I would tell them that the woman, the father, the immediate family, the doctor and, if so inclined, a minister should all be consulted. But it shouldn't stop there. The woman should also read all the literature, both pro and con, and then she/they should make their own decision.
For me, not being one of those mentioned above, it's none of my business. It's also none of the business of anybody else who is not in the group above.
Abortion should be legal, available to those who want it, but not mandatory. It should never not be an option.
I believe that the government's nose should be severely restricted as to where it can stick it. I believe even more so that individual groups and people's noses should be restricted as well. If they insist on sticking their noses in to other people's business, the noses should be cut off.
At conception, the zygote is nothing but a parasite that feeds from the host. It should be up to only the host as to what course of action should be taken.
If I were asked to go beyond that and give a specific answer as to whether a woman should have an abortion or not, I would tell them that the woman, the father, the immediate family, the doctor and, if so inclined, a minister should all be consulted. But it shouldn't stop there. The woman should also read all the literature, both pro and con, and then she/they should make their own decision.
For me, not being one of those mentioned above, it's none of my business. It's also none of the business of anybody else who is not in the group above.
Abortion should be legal, available to those who want it, but not mandatory. It should never not be an option.
I believe that the government's nose should be severely restricted as to where it can stick it. I believe even more so that individual groups and people's noses should be restricted as well. If they insist on sticking their noses in to other people's business, the noses should be cut off.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Tats
Don't get me wrong, I love football. I wish football season lasted all year long. But what is it with all the tattoos the players are wearing. It started several years ago; I think back when Dennis Rodman was making such a fool of himself and started looking like a mutant peacock. Anyway, the pro football players started getting all kinds of tattoos. It started with the barbwire looking tats on their biceps. That graduated to oriental style markings and then almost completely covering their arms.
Then we started seeing tats on college players. Looking to emulate their pro football heroes? Maybe. More than likely thinking their tats will make them look tough and manly to the rest of their team.
Now we're seeing tats on high school players. All I can say is -- Stupid Parents!
Don't any of these HS and college players realize that they all won't make it in the pros? Don't they realize that the tats may keep them from getting a really good job or promotion because their appearance reflects on the image of the company?
And the women. Girls are getting a tattoo in the small of their back. Did you ever wonder why they call that a "Tramp Stamp"?
Living on the coast in a small village that gets most of its income from commercial fishing, I see a lot of older women, retired and such, who have tattoos. Just a few are "Prison Tats", you know, individual letters on the fingers spelling out "Hell" or some other four or five letter word. The rest are tattoos on arms, breasts, necks and legs.
Hello!!! Ever see sagging paint. As these women get older, er... make that OLD!, they sag. Period. When the skin gets loose and sags, any tattoo sags too. Even the 'Picturesque' ones.
I'm beginning to think there should be proficiency testing prior to granting a license to have children. We've got an over abundance of stupid people walking around.
Then we started seeing tats on college players. Looking to emulate their pro football heroes? Maybe. More than likely thinking their tats will make them look tough and manly to the rest of their team.
Now we're seeing tats on high school players. All I can say is -- Stupid Parents!
Don't any of these HS and college players realize that they all won't make it in the pros? Don't they realize that the tats may keep them from getting a really good job or promotion because their appearance reflects on the image of the company?
And the women. Girls are getting a tattoo in the small of their back. Did you ever wonder why they call that a "Tramp Stamp"?
Living on the coast in a small village that gets most of its income from commercial fishing, I see a lot of older women, retired and such, who have tattoos. Just a few are "Prison Tats", you know, individual letters on the fingers spelling out "Hell" or some other four or five letter word. The rest are tattoos on arms, breasts, necks and legs.
Hello!!! Ever see sagging paint. As these women get older, er... make that OLD!, they sag. Period. When the skin gets loose and sags, any tattoo sags too. Even the 'Picturesque' ones.
I'm beginning to think there should be proficiency testing prior to granting a license to have children. We've got an over abundance of stupid people walking around.
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